Between my spouse, dependants and myself spent OOP for chiropractic , dental and medication for first month of 2019 over $190. Expenses when I was under Legacy Spectra wound of be zero cost to me !
At this rate I could easily pay over $2000 this year.
Thanks so much Enbridge I feel so much of your integrity and respect to Un-valued employee.
Enbridge preaches ethics and values but the corporate monkeys have none. Too many managers trying to outdo each other to try and climb the ladder, all the while ignoring and disrespecting the people below them and worshipping the sometimes rotten individuals above them. They do not have your back and never will. They only care about themselves. It is a very toxic environment.
If Spectra was so far behind the times then why do Enbridge processes that look like Spectra's from 10 years ago? I'm sure it's tough for them to have to regress an entire decade.
Leave if you dont like it.
Mismanaged? That is why it was bought? Are you really under the thought process that is why Enbridge bought Spectra?
There is so many variables and initiatives to what drove the purchase bus to stop at Spectra.
But I will assure you poor managed was not one of them.
Yes Spectra did have better benefits for most overall in relation to Enbridge.
The new harmonized plan is not a Spectra plan of past.
It is about cost savings. Thats what leadership wanted. You got it.
Spectra was a mismanaged POS, that's why it was bought out. Your wages and compensation are outdated. Just like your work. It's all behind the times. Stop living in the past.
Preach. If you have a bad meal at a restaurant, would you think to yourself, “At least I don’t live in third world country where I might not know where my next meal is coming from”? Nope. You’d send that sh-- back.
I can ultimately live with the changes Enbridge made to our benefits, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to complain when I’m exchanging my time for compensation and my compensation is reduced without any chances to my accountabilities. Another angle of this nobody talks about - when we merged, they moved us Spectra people into their new pay structure but never addressed pay disparities between Enbridge people and Spectra people doing the exact same jobs. I am definitely under the impression that there are Spectra people making less than the Enbridge people, at least in my BU. I think that because when we were mapped to the new pay structure, I heard from lots of people who were below or at the extreme bottom of their new pay range. Perhaps Spectra wages were lower because we had way better benefits and the stock match? That would be reasonable. But again, this issue keeps repositioned to, “at least you have benefits at all”.
Yes, thank you to the last poster. Comparing our plan to that of lesser employers misses the point completely. Benefits are part of our compensation. We are lucky to have benefits, but no more “lucky” than we are to get paid - we work in exchange for those things. The constant repositioning of this topic to make it sound like benefits are a favour from our ol’ Uncle Enbridge is annoying. Also annoying - Corporate never admitted it was a worse plan than what Spectra had. Never. I forget their exact key messages now, but they kept emphasizing that some elements were different than what Spectra had but it sort of evened out when you looked at compensation overall. Around the same time the new plan was being communicated, we basically had our pay reduced with merit less than inflation, found out we had to work an extra half an hour a day without any extra pay, lost our ESP stock match, and some people were quite mad about the pension changes, so the “you need to look at the bigger picture” message really p-ss-d people with basic math skills off, including me. Yes, Spectra had an amazing plan and yes, the Enbridge plan is still good compared to many other employers. But don’t gaslight me! Our compensation was reduced plain and simple lol
I wouldn't say it's so petty. A lower value/higher cost of benefits added together with adding more hours per week with no pay increase (worth 6%), a mandatory pension contribution where there was none before (5%) and the company match for the stock plan cut in half (up to 2.5%) can have a net reduction in overall compensation of up to 20% for legacy Spectra employees. That and immersing them in a stab-your-neighbor-in-the-back-to-save-your-a$$ culture is quite a blow to the ol' pocketbook and ones eagerness to go to work.
Oh I do agree. Benefits are a privilege. Something to be very thankful for as most of the workers don’t have them as part of their employment. They are NOT a right.
You guys are delusional. Complaining about the most minor things, when you're making a very good wage. There is so much dead weight in this company still making 6 figures, and they complain about paying into their benefits like a normal person. I hope you realize one day how good you have it. So many people struggling for work out there, have some gratitude
As a supervisor in Infrastructure Planning I can confirm that even our team only gets maximum 90% benefit coverage. You can elect for lower levels and save money but the maximum is the 90% so nobody is getting a raw deal. If there was a better option no doubt it would be given to our team (you need to feed your golden goose) but as it is not an option we can all feel secure knowing that 90% is the best there is. I think it's still something to be thankful for. Better than no coverage right?
Try working for another company, another industry, etc. Enbridge is a great company and I've worked there for years. It's all about what YOU make it, not what others make it for you.
Maybe the key is coverage under both spouses. I am only one with benefits and 4 kids ! Paid nothing under spectra. Now I pay significant with these joke benefits
Al part of AM 530M cost savings
my spouse works for a large automotive supplier with many locations in Canada and globally and they only have 80% coverage on everything. So 90% is still way better. When I combine both coverages we end up 100% plus i put money into HSA to supplement. the key now is for having dual coverage under both spouses
Maybe other companies are doing the same but supposedly we now work for a company that tells us integrity and respect.
Let's all wait to see the annual 2018 compensation for executive salaries. Then how we all feel about more for benefits at enrolment then forking over hundreds a month to to supplement our coverage.
Only $190 for 3+ people?? Must be nice! I'm well over $500 for just me. Office visits and meds.
Funny how when one tries to keep it real, the name calling starts. Don't shoot the messenger. If you feel you can get a better deal somewhere else, feel free. As someone else correctly observed, it's not just Enbridge dealing with this issue.
My husband works for a company the provides benefit packages to lots of major companies across Canada. The trend, and he says over 70% of his clients, are moving to capping the annual amount a person can claim. What it now does it limit the amount of pr-scrip-ions you can have covered for people with major illnesses that require expensive d--gs. Many now are capping at $2000 per person or less. He says at one company it eliminates 10 people who had medications associated with major illnesses and they now have to pay out of pocket. Another interesting trend is to remove pr-scrip-ion m-r-j-a-a as a covered medication as it can now be obtained without pr-scrip-ion. 40% of his clients have removed it. Something you might want to read in the fine print of your plans.
Point here is that it’s not just Enbridge. It’s all companies and the trend will continue.
Gotta love this troll who is always defending Enbridge in this forum and criticizing others for “complaining”, but is obviously refreshing this page hourly to complain about us.
No, I didn't. Doesn't mean it's not hurting people. Get a life troll.
The cost of providing dental and medical has skyrocketed. You didn't think Enbridge was going to eat all of that cost, did you?
I have some expensive ongoing pr-scrip-ions so I’ll definitely be hitting the $1000 max, and that’s not including the worse dental coverage and everything else. It’s still a pretty good plan, but I hope the people who made these decisions realize that they are making it harder for their employees to just get by while they make millions.
Welcome to Enbridge! This has been happening to employee's for years already.They are slowing chipping away at their Great Benefits and Pension they once had! Ask a 30+ Enbridge employee what they once had.......